Sandal or slipper.



Patented Nov. 26, 190i.

N. A. BIBiKOV.

SANDAL 0B SLIPPER.

(Application filed Sept. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' NICHOLAS A. BIBIKOV, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SANDAL OR ISLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,513, dated November26, 1901.

Application filed September 19, 1900. Serial No. 30,456. (No model.\

To aZZ 1071 0121, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, NICHOLAS A. BIBIKOV, of the city of New York, countyof Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sandals or Slippers, of which the following is afull,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in footwear; and the object of myinvention is to produce a very cheap, simple, and easy sandal or slipperwhich is particularly adapted for use as a bath-slipper or house-sandal,but which may of course be used for any usual purpose. I have found thatby taking a length of fibrous cord and shaping it so that the partsshall lie side by side and assume the shape of a slipper sole and vampand then stitching or otherwise fastening the parts together a verycheap shoe or sandal is made, and this structure is particularlydesirable as a bath-slipper, first, because the fibrous material opensup when wet and becomes very soft and elastic, and, second, because thestructure described is very cheap. I have found, too, a particularlycheap and reliable means for attaching such asandal to the foot, andthis fastening device can be applied to any ordinary sandal, if desired.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference refer tosimilar parts throughout both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sandal or slipper embodying myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the fasteningclasp.

The sole 10 and upper '11, the upper con sisting merely of the vam p,are given substantially the usual shape, but are made, preferably, of afibrous cord 12, an ordinary manila cord being suitable, which cord islaid flat and wound and pressed to the desired shape, so that none ofthe parts shall overlap, but lie side by side, and when suitably shapedthe parts are confined and held together by stitches or other equivalentfastenings. As

above remarked, ordinary fibrous cord is preferable for this structure;but Ido not confine my invention to such cord, as any cord having thenecessary consistency can be used.

The upperconsists, as above stated, of a vamp 11, the bottom edge ofwhich is stitched or otherwise fastened to the toe and front portion ofthe sole l2, and the vamp has a split or open top 14, which is formedpartly to make the sandal easy to the foot, partly to 'make it moreattractive to the sight, and

partly for the sake of cheapness, as it will be noticed by reference tothe drawings that the cord members at the ends of the vamp are doubledand returned upon themselves, as shown at 15, which structure naturallyproduces the slit or opening 14.

The upper edges of the vamp 11 are stayed by the cross-strap 16, whichextends across the slit or opening 14, and the cord forming the vamp isextended to form the fasteningstraps l7,which extend back and areattached to the heel of the sole, as shown at 19. The straps 17 are alsofastened at their ends to the vamp 11 at the inner edges of thequarters--that is, at the end of the slit let.

A clasp 20 is held to slide on the straps 17, the clasp havingferrulelike parts 21, each embracing a strap 17, and the clasp islocated, preferably, near the heel and can he slid up or down, asdesired. This clasp can be made of aluminium, tin, or other lightmaterial. In fact, it can be made of anysuitable mate rial.

The foot is inserted between the straps 17 and the toes thrust into thevamp 11, after which the clasp 20 is pulled up on the back of the heel,thus tightening the straps 17 and holding the sandal or slipper firmlyto the foot. It will be observed that this fastening means can beapplied to any ordinary sandal.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the sandal orslipper which I have described is of the simplest structure, that thematerial is cheap, that it can be easily made, and that it is flexibleenough to conform to all the movements of the foot and to permit suchmovements to be easily made. It will also be observed that the sandal orslipper described is particularly adapted for bathing purposes, as thesole is not only fiat, but is for the most part without an upper, andconsequently there is nothing to hold water.

Iclaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters the vamp on opposite sidesof the Opening Patent, isi to the heel of the sole, and afastening-clasp 15 As an improved article of manufacture, a connectingthe aforesaid straps and slidable 5 sandal or slipper comprising a soleof fibrous. thereon.

cord, theparts of which are placed side by In testimony whereof I havesigned my side, fastened together and made of the req name to thisspeoificationin the presence of uisite shape, a vamp covering the toeportion two subscribing Witnesses.

only and formed likewise of cord, the mem- NICHOLAS A. BIBIKOV.

IO bers being placed side by side, fastened 110-" Witnesses:-

Having this described my invention, What I said opening, flexible cordsextending from gether and shaped toleave an opening at the WVARREN B.HUTCHINSON, instep, a stay or strap extending across the EMANUELRANNHEIM.

